INCHEON (Interstat) — Choi Ji-hoon hit two home runs, including a go-ahead blast in the eighth inning, and the Shinsegae Landers defeated the KT Wiz 6-5 on Friday evening at Munhak Baseball Stadium.

Choi homered in the fifth inning and again in the eighth, finishing with three RBIs. Cho Hyeong-woo also went deep for the Landers (25-31-2), who ended a two-game losing streak. Kim Keon-woo earned the win in relief, while Lee Geun-wook recorded the save.

KT (33-23-1) outhit Shinsegae 11-10 but could not overcome an early deficit. The Wiz scored two runs in the third on a homer by Choi Won-joon and a single by Heo Kyoung-min, then added a run in the fourth. Shinsegae answered with four runs in the fifth, including consecutive homers by Choi and Cho, and a two-run single by Guillermo Heredia.

KT pulled within one in the eighth on Han Seung-taek’s RBI single, but Choi restored the two-run lead with his second homer in the bottom half. The Wiz scored once more in the ninth but left the tying run on base. Attendance was 16,047.